> > Would it be better for the fake ownership to come from the symlink's
> > target if one exists, and the directory if the target does not?
>
> Not really; it's not uncommon to symlink to things that you don't own.
>
> also, i imagine that there could be ... interesting potential security
> implications of using the target...
Not to mention the performance implications of the link pointing to a
remote filesystem which is down for the count.
- Bill